Landracing Forum
Bonneville Salt Flats Discussion => Bonneville General Chat => Topic started by: Jack Gifford on December 03, 2013, 01:31:53 AM
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Having read/heard many discussions (sometimes contentious) regarding "belly tank"/"belly tanker" et.al. terminology, I scoured early interviews with Alex Xydias. I didn't see any instance of him calling them anything other than "tanks". I'm inclined to adopt that name for my lakester's configuration.
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Does it really matter. Any of those types of terminology are understood by anyone involved in lsr. If it bothers anyone, that's their problem not yours.
Pete
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I will agree that "Tanker" grates on my ears. And I know that I always called them tanks, and thought that was a universal truth. However I recently saw an early '50s magazine that calls one a "Tanker" repeatedly. So i would say it's your choice. If you want to be period correct. Unless you care about my ears. If so, Thank you.
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How about drop tanks?
Maybe that's too ominous?
Either way cool.
Rouse
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Tanks for the memories................................... :cheers:
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I'd be tempted to use the additional syllables and call it what it is - a belly tank lakester.
For those who know - it will qualify the car more succinctly. For those who don't, it will more further open the conversation.
And I always liked the word, lakester.
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I'm not changing my spell checker! :-D
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Of coarse if it had been dropped during it original use, it probably would not make such a nice race car.
Rouse